A new 12-story supportive housing tower is climbing out of the ground at 554 S. San Pedro Street in Downtown Los Angeles, bringing 104 apartments, nearly all reserved for very-low-income residents, to the corner of 6th and San Pedro. It is the latest phase in the Weingart Center’s multi-tower redevelopment, an ongoing effort to add hundreds of permanent supportive and affordable homes to the Skid Row area. Crews are already active on the site, and plans call for a rooftop amenity deck along with lobby-level common space for residents.
According to Urbanize LA, Related California is developing the project, with Large Architecture designing the contemporary mid-rise. The tower is expected to hold 104 apartments, 103 of them affordable at the very-low-income level, stacked above parking for just two vehicles and rounded out with resident amenity areas on the ground floor and rooftop.
The Weingart Center’s project page for “Weingart Tower 2” lists 554–562 S. San Pedro Street as under construction and confirms the unit mix: 103 studio apartments for residents and one one-bedroom manager unit. The listing notes in-unit kitchens, access to laundry, and shared amenity spaces, and presents the tower as part of Weingart’s wider push to pair housing with on-site services at locations across Los Angeles.
How the Tower Fits Into a Larger Campus
City planning documents for the Weingart developments show that the San Pedro and Crocker parcels were approved together as a two-site project. Site 1 is entitled for 382 units across two towers, while Site 2 is planned for roughly 303 units, for a combined total of about 685 homes on the full campus, according to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning’s Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment. The review also details entitlements, open-space requirements, and a modest amount of shared subterranean parking to serve both sites.
Who’s Building and What’s Next
Related California, which is also working on the Alveare affordable housing development at 1405 S. Broadway, is leading the San Pedro mid-rise in partnership with the Weingart Center, according to Related’s project materials and local reporting. City records and Los Angeles City Council filings indicate the tower has secured its entitlements and funding, including a Proposition HHH allocation cited in city finance and council documents for the 554 S. San Pedro component.
Once complete, the 12-story building will add another block of permanent supportive housing to Downtown Los Angeles and join neighboring high-rise projects that are already delivering similar homes in the area. Weingart and its partners plan to operate the tower with on-site services and referral pathways for residents, extending the nonprofit’s housing-plus-wraparound-supports model in the heart of downtown.
